Dolphins win 6th in a row by beating Niners 31-24
Kelly liked what he saw from his team in certain aspects of the game, but ultimately two turnovers played a critical role in San Francisco being unable to pull off a road upset.
The 49ers rolled up 475 yards of total offense and 25 first downs, along with a 50-percent success rate on third downs. The 49ers last played here in 2008, losing 14-9. The possession ended with a Kaepernick touchdown pass to Carlos Hyde.
“They all hurt”, receiver Jeremy Kerley said. The 2016 Miami Dolphins might give them a run for their money. It should’ve been 14-7 us. Torrey Smith made a one-handed catch for a 1-yard touchdown to help the 49ers close to 31-24 with less than three minutes left, and they quickly forced a punt to set up the down-to-the-wire finish. “My plan right now is I’m focused on this team”.
Celek was not the only one who felt as if he let his teammates down. They’ve won four consecutive home games in the same season for the first time since 2002.
All that said, they almost let this one slip away: When leading the game, 31-14, ESPN calculated the Dolphins’ chance of winning at 99 percent. Thus, I expect the game to be low-scoring throughout. “You know, if they’re okay with people being treated unfairly, being abused, being harassed, being terrorized, then the problem is more with what they’re doing in their lives than it is about watching football games”. We only stopped ourselves.
With the margin down to seven, Kaepernick moved the 49ers from their 38 to the 6 in the final 1:44, converting a fourth-and-11 along the way. The meeting of the three players brought Kaepernick down at the 2-yard line. Several Dolphins played despite being listed as questionable earlier in the week: WR Kenny Stills, WR Jarvis Landry, RB Kenyan Drake, LB Jelani Jenkins, DE Mario Williams and DT Ndamukong Suh.
“I agree with the investment in education”, Kaepernick said. Kaepernick wanted to focus on Malcolm X, but when pressed by Salguero, he pointed out Cuba’s investment in education and universal health care.
“There was a crease there”. I suppose he thinks he made salient points in our back and forth.
– The 49ers ran for a season-high 193 yards (25 attempts).
Kaepernick said the fact that the schedule called for him to visit Miami on the same weekend Castro died was a “unique” circumstance.
Ryan Tannehill clearly took over the game on Sunday and willed Miami to the win.
The loss was San Francisco’s 10th straight, something even the aging, woebegone squads from the late 1970s or Dennis Erickson’s talent-starved, two-win team from 2004 managed to avoid. He makes good decisions as far as when he is running, when to get down, when he can keep going.